Gauge cock



Feb. 20, 1940. J; w, ELLls ET AL 2,190,938

GAUGE COCK Filed June 21, 1937 JDa :{idao n,

Patented Feb. 20, 1940 UNITED STATES means PATENT Oi- FlfiE" port, Shreveport, La.

La., assignors to Alva G. Blanchard,

Application June 21, 1937, Serial No. 149,521

14 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in 1 gauge cocks and especially to high pressure boiler gauge cocks.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved gauge cock having a large seating capacity with means for conveniently and exped1t1ously altering the position of the seating caused to engage the seating member at any one of a great number of points on the surface of the latter.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain details of construction 25 and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will hereinafter be more fully described and the novel features thereof particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing 30 Figure l is a side elevational View of a nipple or nozzle with the seating member and a portion of the mounting of the latter shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l;

.35 Fig. 3 is a similar View on the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

4 is a detail view of a modified form of the pivotal mountingfor the seating member supp ,40 Fig. 5 is a front elevation of amodified form of the invention; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-4, of Fig. 5.

The nipple it has a flattened portion I3 inter- .45 mediate its ends for application of a Wrench. in installing the nipple. The nipple is also provided with an axial bore or steam passage l4 and one end of said nipple is threaded as at ,l I, while its opposite or discharge end I2 is tapered or of 50 conical shape and constitutes the nozzle.

The seating member for normally closing said nozzle I2 is formed of a disc it of soft metal, such as a composition of lead and babbitt, so that, when the disc is moved forcibly into engagement 55 with the tapered nozzle, the latter will indent said disc, thus automatically forming a recess in 1 l whic'hthe nozzle neatly fits to effectively close and seal said nozzle. This seating disc is adapted to be rotated in order to permit adjustment thereof relatively to the nozzle,'whereby the noz- 5 zle will engage the disc at successive points disposed in a circle on the disc. Also, to increase the number of points at which the disc can be caused to engage the nozzle, the present invention proposes mounting the disc in such fashion that 10 the center of rotation of the disc can be varied and theposition of the disc, relatively to its center of rotation, can be varied radially of said center. i I

As previously stated, the disc, preferably, is

adapted to impact forcibly against the nozzle and for this purpose the disc is mounted on a weighted head it pivotally suspended from a bracket i! which may be cast integrally with the nipple and overhangs the nozzle end of the nip- .2 pie. Head H3 has a handle portion 58 to facilitate raising the head on its pivotal center.

Preferably, the disc i5 is rigidly, but detachably, mounted'on head it and said head is embraced by a split expansible collar H9. The ends of the collar are offset as at 20 and a pivot pin it extends through said ends and the bracket H. A nut of any desired type may be provided on the bolt or pivot pin 21 for convenience in tightening and loosening the engagement of the 001- ,30 lar it around head it. In other words, the collar normally tightly engages around the head so the latter cannot rotate therein, but can only be swung on the pivot 2|, but, when it is desired to rotate the head, and with it disc it, it is only nec-' essary to loosen said wing nut and thus relieve the compression exerted on the collar. Usually the head is released for rotation before the disc is disengaged from the nozzle when making rotary adjustment of the disc for presenting a new, 40 seating surface to the nozzle. As will be under-- stood, successive rotary adjustments ,of the head and disc will ultimately result in a circular series of seating indentations being formed in the disc and, in order to increase the number of pointsat which the nozzle and disc may be caused to engage each other, the offset ends it of collarit are formed with a plurality of openings 22 for reception of pivot pin 2i. As a result, when one circle of seat indentations is completed, the col- 5O lar ends may be adjusted to present a different opening 22 for pin 2!, thus altering the center of rotation of the head relatively to nozzle l2, whereupon the nozzle will engage the disc at points in a different circular line or path. In-

stead of forming a series of openings 22 in the collar ends for this purpose, the overhanging end of bracket IT can be enlarged and formed with a slot having alternate enlarged and restricted portions 23a, 231), respectively, and the collar ends may be provided with apin 2Ia having a major and minor cross-sectional dimension, as shown in Fig. 4. With this construction, the pin Zia will be retained in one of the enlarged portions 23a of the slot until turned to present its minor dimension to a restricted portion 23b of the slot, whereupon it can be moved through said restricted portion to position it in another enlarged portion and thus alter the location of the center of rotation of the head relatively to the nozzle.

In order to permit further adjustment of the seating disc relatively to nozzle i2 and permit the use of a larger area of the disc by providing for engagement of the nozzle and disc at a a still greater number of points on the face of the disc, the latter'isfixed on the head It. by a cap screw 2% adapted-to be received in any one of a numberof tapped holes25 in the head and spaced ra'diallyof the center of rotation of said head.- Withthis arrangement, the several adparatively large area of the disc being used be fore it is necessaryto'reverse the disc on the head or to detach the disc and hammer! itto remove the several indentations.

If desired, a backingmember 26 may be provided for the seating disc 55, said member being held in placeon the head by the cap screw 2d. I I

The several parts of the device may be formed of suitable metals and favorable results have been had using a, composition of copper and bronze for the nipple and malleable iron castings for the head and handle. Thesplit collar is preferably made of non-corrosive spring steel. It will be readily appreciated that the several adjustments provided for in the present device add greatly to the life or usefulness of the seating member ordisc.

In the modified'form of the appliance illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the openings for cap screw 2a in seating member 15 and in the head it, areiformed eccentricallyor said member and head, respectively. This permits adjustment of the seating member with respect to the head by to alter the position of the seating member on the head, the cap screw can be backed off slightly to release said member and the latter rotated by simply relieving the pressure of the nozzle on the member.

-What we claim is:

1. In a gauge cook, a nipple, a rotatable seating member normally engaging one end of the nipple for closing the latten'and means for varying the location of thecenter of rotation of said member relatively to said nipple, the point of engagement of the nipple against said member being variable by varying the location of said center of rotation.

2. In a gauge cook, a nipple, a rotatable head movable toward and from said nipple, means for varying the location or the center of rotation of said head relatively to the nipple, and a seating member on said head normally engaging and closing one end of said. nipple, the point or" engagement of the nipple against said member being variable by said varying of the location of said center of rotation.

3. In a gauge cock, a nipple, a seating member normally, engaging and closing one end of said nipple, a pivoted support movable toward and from the nipple, a rotary head in said support, and means for securing said member on said head eccentrically of the latter,

4. In a gauge cock, a nipple, a rotary support movable toward and from said nipple, means for varying the location ofthe center of rotation of the support relatively'to said nipple, and a seating member carried by said support normally engaging and closing one end of said nipple, said member being secured eccentrically of said support. r

5. In a'gauge cook, a nipple, a rotary support pivoted to swing toward and from said nipple, means for adjusting the support relatively to its pivotal center to vary the location of the center of rotation thereof relatively to the nipple, and a seating member on said support normally engaging and closing one'end of said nipple. I

6, In a gauge cock,a nipple, a rotary support pivotedto swing toward and from said nipple, means for adjusting said support relatively to its pivotal centerto vary the location of the center of rotation thereof relatively to the nipple, and a seating'mernber on said support normally engaging and closing one end of said nipple, said member being secured on the support eccentrically of the center of rotation of the latter.

'7. In agau'gecoch, a nipple, a rotary seating member normally engaging and closing one end of said nipple, means for swinging said member on a pivotal center toward and from said nipple, means for adjusting said member relatively to said pivotal center toward and from the nipple, and means for adjusting said seating member relatively to said swinging means.

8. In a gauge cock, a nipple, a bracket overhanging one end of said nipple, a support adjustably and pivotally secured on s id bracket to swing toward and from said end of the nipple, anda seating member on said support, said member being rotatable relatively to said nipple.

'9.'In a gauge cock, a nipple, a bracket overhanging one end of said nipple, a support adjustably and pivotally secured on said bracket to swing toward and from said end of the nipple, and a seating member on said support, said member being rotatable relatively to said nipple, and adjustable on said support in a plane transverse of said nipple.

10. In a gauge cook, a nipple, a bracket over-" end of said nipple.

11. In a gauge cook, a nipple, a bracket over- 'hanging one end of said nipple, a Weighted head,

means pivoted on-said bracket for rotatably suping mounted on said head eccentrically of the axis of the latter.

12. In a gauge cock, a nipple, a rotary support pivoted to swing toward and from said nipple,

.means for adjusting said support relatively with respect to the nipple, a seating member mounted on said support normally engaging and closing one end of the nipple, and means for selectively mounting said member on the support at a plurality of points disposed eccentrically of the center of rotation of the support.

13. In a gauge cook, a nipple, a rotary head swingable toward and from one end of the nipple, a seating member mounted on said head normally engaging and closing one end of the nipple, and means for selectively securing said member on the head at a plurality of points disposed eccentrically of the center of rotation of the head to vary the point at which said nipple engages said seating member. i

14. In a gauge cook, a nipple, a rotatable head, and a seating member normally engaging one end of the nipple for closing the latter, said member being rotatably secured on said head eccentrically of the head, and said member being disposed eccentrically of its center of rotation.

JOHN W. ELLIS. WALTER J. DAVIDSON. 

